Benjamin Brown (1865-1942)

Benjamin Brown was born in Marion, Arkansas in 1865 and studied at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts and later, in Paris at the Academie Julian. Upon completing his studies, Brown returned to the United States and was active in the American South, specializing in portraits and still-lifes. Moving to Pasadena in 1896, Brown quickly saw a new opportunity and changed his artistic focus to landscape painting. Brown is best remembered for his Impressionist renderings of the Sierra Mountains and poppy-filled spring meadows. Benjamin Brown died in Pasadena in 1942.